Research Development & Communications

Research Development & Communications

Research Development & Communications (RDC) helps faculty and other researchers develop strategies and build skills for grant seeking; facilitates development of multidisciplinary and institution-wide proposals; coordinates UNH responses to special funding and award programs; and coordinates communication and recognition of UNH research and discovery activities to the general public, UNH, and the business community.

One-on-one research development servicesare provided to those seeking external funding for their research, teaching, outreach and other scholarly activities. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, services are designed to help prospective project directors:

Connect with federal and foundation program officers

Find appropriate funding sources

Locate campus research resources for research and suggest resources for broader impacts activities

Identify potential collaborators

Learn successful proposal writing strategies

Determine milestones and establish timelines for proposal preparation

Obtain expert critiques on proposal drafts

Edit and polish final proposals

Analyze comments from sponsor reviews

Develop strategies for resubmissions

RDC annually presents a series of workshops and seminars covering a variety of grant-seeking topics.

RDC hosts faculty development programs such as “UP-2-NIH” and “Making Your NSF-Forts Count”, and participates in other faculty and student programs hosted by the UNH Provost’s Office, Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach, the Graduate School, colleges and schools, and research centers and institutes, and Office of National Fellowships.

RDC leads the communication and recognition activities of the OSVPR by:

Communicating the depth, breadth, and quality of UNH research and scholarship to a variety of audiences within and outside UNH;

Maintaining the OSVPR webpage, UNH Research;

Nominating UNH researchers for prestigious awards and appointments; and

Developing a range of publications that are synergistic with the activities of the colleges and schools, centers and institutes, and University Communications and Public Affairs and that showcase and promote the University’s research enterprise.